Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and Economy.

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Public Input Session: Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and Economy.

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released the Draft
Initial Comprehensive Plan: Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and
Economy and accompanying Draft Environmental Assessment for formal
public comment. The Draft Plan provides a framework to implement a
coordinated region-wide restoration effort in a way that restores,
protects, and revitalizes the Gulf Coast region following the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Draft Plan establishes overarching
restoration goals for the Gulf Coast region; provides details about
how the Council will solicit, evaluate, and fund projects and programs
for ecosystem restoration in the Gulf Coast region; outlines the
process for the development, review, and approval of State Expenditure
Plans; and highlights the Council’s next steps. In order to ensure
robust public input throughout the entire process, the Council is
hosting a series of public engagement sessions in each of the five
impacted Gulf States in June to give the public the opportunity to
provide input on the Draft Plan and the Council’s restoration planning
efforts. The 30-day formal public comment period for the Draft Plan
and associated documents began May 23 and ends June 24.

There will be a public input session on June 10, 2013, 6-8pm, at Texas
A&M University, Galveston, Bldg 3007. Learn more at
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/.